Golf club



March l9, l929. J, w, uYNN GOLF CLUB Filed Sept. 4, 1928 gwoemtoo Lia/lib WQuymz,

. duommq ball struck by the club.

Patented Mai-Q19, 1929.

[U ITED STATES JOHNIWILLIAMS: QUYNN, 0F PARKERSBURG, WES'I VIRGINTA;

GOLF

Applicationjfiled September This invention relates to golf clubs and aims to provide means forming a part of a club, to impart over-spin or back-spin to the Another object of the invention is'to provide a club having a resilient striking face formed preferably of spring steel so that a movement of the striking facewill be permitted, independently of the club head.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of. parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in. the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. Referring to the drawing: 7 Figure 1 is a front'elevational view of a golf club having a resilient striking face constructed in accordance "with the invention;

Figure 2 is sectional view taken on line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of an iron club having a resilient striking-face.

Figure 4 is a sectional view ea of Figure 3. Figurefi is a perspective View of a metallic driver head having an integral resilient I striking surface. I V a p 7 Referring to the drawing in detail, Figures 1 and 2 illustrate the invention as attached to a wooden club suchas adriver, 'brassie or spoon, the head ofjthe club beingindicated bythe reference character 5. o

The attachment embodies a metal plate 6 formed with openings to receive the securingscrews 7 that secure the attachment to the" club head 5. Forming a part of'the plate is an upstanding flange 8 of a length toextend to a point adjacent to the upper edge of the club head, as clearly shown by Figure 2 of the so that a lofting surface ispresented, however it is to be understood that the pitch of y the flange 9 may be regulatedforthe type of club with which the attachment is tobe used.

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4, 1928. Serial No. 303,856.

A substantially wide space is provided between the lower end of the flange 9 and the flange 8 thereby pern'iitting of movementof v v the lower edge of the ange 9, to accomplish the purpose of the invention, when theclub v is in use, it being evident that when a ball is struck with the club, the flange 9, being formed 'ofspring steel materialwill move inwardly under the impact of theblow andwill l immed ately assume its natural posit1on1im-. parting thrust to the ball in an upward direction to give the ball over-spin-and greatly increasing the length of the shot.

In the form of the invention as shown by The blade is formed with a groove or slotted portion 10 extending throughout the width of the blade and disposed betweenthc front and rear surfaces thereof, defining a forward striking surface 11 or flange that extends an appreciable distance above the upl per end of the rear flange '12, andsince the blade is constructed of spring steel, it is 'ob- V vious that the blade willmove in the direction of the arrow as shown by Figure l under the impact of the blow, when-the striking surface returns to its initial position, to impartbackspin to the-ball struckso that the ball will stop at its point of Contact with the ground surface orgreen onto which the ball is pitched, reducing forward roll oftheball, to the minimum.

, The driver as shown by Figure 5 includes a hollow casing 13 and a forward depending flange ltformed integral therewith and spaced from the body of the club head so that over-spin will be imparted to a ball on the drive- I claim:

1.1, In a golf club, a head, a flange formed of spring metal extending from one of the longitudinal edgesthereof and extending 1n substantially parallel relation with the head in spaced; relation therewith, one edge of the flange and the ends ofthe flange belng free from the head.

2. In a golf club, a head,a flange extending upwardly from one 'of the longltudinal edges of'the headand disposed in parallel spaced,

relation with the-head, the free edge of the flange extending an appreciable distance beyond the upper edge of theheud to provide a V resilient striking surface, and the ends of the flange being free from the head.

3. In a golf club a flange formed of spring 5 metal extending upwardly from the lower longitudinal edge of the head, the upwardly extended flange being disposed in spaced rela- JOHN WILLIAMS QUYN N. 

